Winston case smacks of cover-up by the system (Press-Register Sound Off)

The fix was in for Winston: I have over 30 years in law enforcement
and this snow job in Tallahassee is a cover up and that's not right. Florida's State
Attorney General

Did Jameis Winston get special treatment from police and prosecutor because he's an athlete? (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

took three weeks to come up with this conclusion. The
Tallahassee police department already had the case for 363 days and could do
nothing. If it counts much in college football, Florida State wants to win a
national championship, and this quarterback wants to win The Heisman Trophy.
This girl is scared, and her family was told initially by the detectives don't
rock the boat.

The fix is in. He's a jock in
Tallahassee. The Attorney General wore his Florida State tie to his press
conference. You'll never win against Florida State in Tallahassee in court. It's
our impaired justice system: It's who you are and how much money you got. That's
sad, particularly when the big argument is that these high school athletes get
in these kinds of situations and much more on a national college level and on
into professional sports. It's the same thing: To win.

Do the right thing: Three weeks ago, Florida State's coach backed Jameis
Winston 100 percent, saying "my player didn't even know the girl." Ten days
later when the evidence is finally given, the player's lawyer came out and said
it was consensual sex. A week's difference and it goes from "I don't know her,"
to "it was consensual." It will be interesting to see what the coach will do
when the game is on the line. I hope he does the right thing.

Coming out of the mothballs: Can I ask somebody a question? What is
all these orange flags flying? I haven't seen those in while. Are those Auburn
flags or is that a new college in town? Oh, I'm sorry it's the fickle,
non-committed Auburn fan, ashamed when they don't do well. I see Alabama fans
are still flying their flags. We'll continue to do so, win or lose. This is not
against the Auburn boys who worked so hard to win and did what they had to do
to win but their fans are fickle.

Two Men and a Truck: We don't know who is starting the rumors about
Nick Saban leaving Alabama, but whoever they are they obviously don't like him
or want him to coach their school's team. They want to make him so mad that he
would leave. So let's do them a favor and not pay attention to the rumors.
Until we see "Two Guys and a Truck" at his house loading up his family, and
furniture and everything else, we should never believe any of these rumors. Someone
is wanting us to buy into these rumors to make him so mad that he would
consider leaving Alabama. Leave this man alone and let him do his job, and
hopefully he will stay at Alabama. His wife said they are staying and I believe
her. So let the rumors die. Whoever started these rumors is not getting Nick
Saban, I can guarantee you that.

Look at Bama's future: I think if everyone would just step back and
look at the record that Nick Saban has, and the accomplishments he has at
Alabama, they need to just forget about one game. Just look at the future and
look at the past and you can see where we've been and where we're headed. They
just need to leave Nick alone. He's a fantastic coach and we'll never get one
any better.

Thanks, Nick: Hey, Nick, way to go, man. We're 11-1 and everybody
is crying their eyes out. We're going to be 12-1, and with a little luck,
possibly, we could do a little more. But Nick Saban has brought Alabama back to
where they should be. Thanks, Nick.

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